LAP2

Linguistics for Natural Langugae Processing is an introduction to modern Linguistics. You will be introduced to the science that studies natural language as a cognitive system by exploring different subsystems of Language such as Morphology, Phonology, Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics, as well as an introduction to Corpus Linguistics.

This course is specifically designed for those students that have little or no background in Linguistics. The course will offer the necessary basic tools to work on language issues computationally.

1. BASIS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF NATURAL LANGUAGES

2. BRANCHES OF LINGUISTICS: SOME BASIC CONCEPTS

2.1. PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY

2.2. MORPHOLOGY/MORPHOPHONOLOGY

2.3. SYNTAX

2.4. SEMANTICS (FORMAL AND LEXICAL SEMANTICS)

3. LANGUAGE USE

3.1. PRAGMATICS

3.2. DISCOURSE ANALYSIS

4. CORPUS LINGUISTICS

4.1. CORPUS BASED LINGUISTICS VS CORPUS-DRIVEN LINGUISTICS

4.2. DIGITAL HUMANITIES

5. APPROACHES AND DISCIPLINES IN LINGUISTIC